.w64 file type?

EGS wrote on 3/8/2011, 12:38 PM

I recieved a .w64 file type (an audio file) that I needed to use in Pro-Tools. PTools would not open it, and I was able to use SVMS10 to convert the .w64 to .wav, which PTools was then happy with. Any better/faster to convert to .wav? What is a .w64 file type, anyway? Thanks !!!

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musicvid10 wrote on 3/8/2011, 1:02 PM

A Sony W64 file is the same as a WAV file but with the 4GB size limitation removed.

EGS wrote on 3/8/2011, 1:32 PM

Maybe so, but Pro Tools would not open the w64 until I converted it to wav. Thoughts?

Chienworks wrote on 3/8/2011, 3:16 PM

.w64 is a file type originally created by Sonic Foundry, and as such can only be opened in the descendants of their software products: Sound Forge, Vegas, ACID, CD Architect, DVD Architect, etc.

The best, fastest, and only way you have to convert them is to open them in one of these programs and save/render to .wav.

musicvid10 wrote on 3/8/2011, 4:52 PM

Right. When I said "Sony W64 file" I meant "proprietary." Never expected Protools, which is not a Sony product, would open it. Sorry that wasn't clear.